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I don't really see how that example is "giv[ing] things back." That stone is still the property of the British government and kept continuously on British terr
by tivert 2y ago
I don't really see how that example is "giv[ing] things back." That stone is still the property of the British government and kept continuously on British territory.
- bell-cot 2y agoIt's Complicated(tm) - Scotland and England are, currently, both part of Britain. Historically, not so much. And they were often far-from-friendly, with wars fought and everything. In a referendum 10 years ago, ~45% of Scottish voters wanted to separate again.
- arethuza 2y agoMy own reaction to the most recent Scottish independence referendum was pretty much "Oh well, at least we're still in the EU"...
- chgs 2y agoScotland and England has been the same country for far longer than say the USA has even existed.
- skylurk 2y agoAnd Scotland has been crowning Scottish kings with it since before England even existed, if you believe the legends ;)
- chgs 2y agoIncluding James 6th, who then took over England.
- philwelch 2y ago1707 versus 1776 isn’t what I would describe as “far longer”.
- chgs 2y agoIn the context of crowning kings, the union of the crowns was 1603, before the mayflower, before new Amsterdam, even before Jamestown. But even with 1707 you’re talking 30% of the age of the USA again.
- philwelch 2y agoBetween 1714 and 1807, Britain was also in personal union with Hanover. That didn’t make Britain and Hanover the same country any more than England and Scotland were the same country during the 17th century.
- rleigh 2y agoThey are both part of the United Kingdom (which is the union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland). Great Britain the name of the island both are located upon. England and Scotland will always be a part of Britain, because that's a geographical area, not a political one.
- shiroiushi 2y ago>England and Scotland will always be a part of Britain Not necessarily: they could dig a big canal across the island along the border.